- Annie Griffin
Annie Griffin (born in 1960,
New York ) is an American writer and director.Griffin relocated to the UK in 1981. In the early 1990s she worked creating animated idents for
MTV . In 1993 she worked as an actress on the Oscar nominated short animated film "The Village". Through the 90's she worked on a number of short works including the "Seven Sins:Wrath" which featuredPaul Kaye andDavid Walliams .In 1999 she directed her first TV series "Coming Soon" about the events leading up to a theatre troupe's opening night. This starred among others
Julia Davis , David Walliams,Billy Boyd and herself and won aBAFTA Scotland award for best television production.Her biggest success was the
Channel 4 situation comedy "The Book Group " which ran for two series in 2002 and 2003, which detailed the events of a disparate group of Glaswegians who meet ostensibly to discuss books but is more to do with the trials and tribulations of relationships in modern urban life.In 2005 she wrote and directed her first feature film, the BAFTA Award nominated "Festival" which starred
Daniela Nardini andChris O'Dowd . Set at theEdinburgh Fringe Festival , this like her previous works explores the interrelationships between a group of characters who often have little in common.External links
* [http://www.pirateproductions.co.uk/ Annie Griffin Production Company site]
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